S. Ralph Harlow

S. Ralph Harlow (20 July 1885 – 21 August 1972) was an American clergyman and Christian missionary to the Middle East.

Career

Harlow was born in Boston. He graduated from Harvard University in 1908 and from Union Theological Seminary in 1912. He was ordained Congregational minister in 1912 and worked for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Smyrna and Turkey. Harlow was Chaplain and Sociology teacher at the International College in Smyrna from 1912-1922.

He joined the faculty of Smith College faculty in 1923 where he was professor of religion for over thirty years. He wrote about psychical phenomena from a Christian perspective and was convinced that there was life after death.

In 1953, the Marion and S. Ralph Harlow Scholarship Fund was established for students. Harlow received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the Hebrew Union College in New York. They had several children. He married Elizabeth Grigorakis in 1964.

Selected publications